Gottlieb Styles Visualiser (GSV)

This repository holds the MATLAB code for a small program (called the Gottlieb Styles Visualiser or GSV) that visualises the graffiti style classification system introduced by Lisa Gottlieb in her 2008 book:
Gottlieb, L. 2008. Graffiti art styles: A classification system and theoretical analysis. McFarland & Company: Jefferson, pp. viii, 212. ISBN: 978-0-7864-3436-7

This small program was developed within project INDIGO, an academic graffiti project. GSV can be run in two different ways:

• the GottliebStylesVisualiser.m file in the SourceCode folder holds the MATLAB R2022a source code. Download this file, unzip it and run it within MATLAB to open GSV. Please also put the coverBookGottlieb.jpg image file in the same folder as the MATLAB *.m file.
• Download InstallerGSV1.0.exe from the Installer folder. After unzipping, double-click this file to start installing GSV and the MATLAB R2022a Runtime Environment (v9.12). In this way, MATLAB is not needed to work with GSV.
When choosing this option, please be aware that:
1. the *.exe file was compiled on Windows 10 and will not work on MacOS and Linux systems;
2. it takes some time for the installer to open;
3. around 700 MB of data will be downloaded for the MATLAB R2022a Runtime Environment;
4. running GSV for the first time takes a few moments. Also the menu items require some time to respond upon first use. After that, the GSV program should be much more responsive.